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a man by the name of mike lives in eastern nevada. his 26-year-old son has been insulin dependent in bed since he was a baby. the insurance his sentence for work will not cover his treatments. they cannot afford to buy more insurance. his and his troubles are more than just about money. they cannot afford to treat their sons diabetes, so it develop into another disease which cannot be treated either because of the money, and this disease can be fatal. this is what he wrote me two weeks ago. "i do not know what to pray for first, then i will die before my son will slide did not get the bare the burden or that i out live him so i could provide for his family when he is gone." quite a set of prayers, mr. president. this should not be a choice. in the american should have to make. it should not be a choice any father or mother should have to make. and when given a chance to help people just like mike, our choice should be very easy. that is what this legislation is all about. these are hard -- heartbreaking citizens with heartbreaking sto
a man by the name of mike lives in eastern nevada. his 26-year-old son has been insulin dependent in bed since he was a baby. the insurance his sentence for work will not cover his treatments. they cannot afford to buy more insurance. his and his troubles are more than just about money. they cannot afford to treat their sons diabetes, so it develop into another disease which cannot be treated either because of the money, and this disease can be fatal. this is what he wrote me two weeks ago....
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host: we your next from tampa florida, mike, go ahead. hot caller: mayor christmas to you, general. and i'm wondering if we can get these people moved over to a better crop, may be weak or sorry or something? guest: i got that call, asking and what we can do to help with the agricultural side and maybe eradicating not the use of drugs. we know there are drugs and drug use and cultivation in this society year. it is a form of agriculture. we know that the taliban exploits that and tries to help fund elements of the insurgency with drug money. we're trying to do some things to eliminate drugs from the military and police. you cannot be an effective police been on the beat or an effective soldier in the ranks if you are using drugs. we have eliminated drug use almost entirely from the united states military, to a great extent, and we hope -- we hope to aim to help the minister -- the minister of the interior and ministry of defense with that as well. this is a 100% accountability of every policemean and making sure that we are paying the cops are serving the public. as part of that, we
host: we your next from tampa florida, mike, go ahead. hot caller: mayor christmas to you, general. and i'm wondering if we can get these people moved over to a better crop, may be weak or sorry or something? guest: i got that call, asking and what we can do to help with the agricultural side and maybe eradicating not the use of drugs. we know there are drugs and drug use and cultivation in this society year. it is a form of agriculture. we know that the taliban exploits that and tries to help...
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host: mike on the phone from jacksonville, florida. caller: first i have a comment and then the question. i believe the defining moment -- of course -- for the country was 9/11. so many things changed across so many facets of our lives, and they continue to do so. i wish this administration could remember that, but they seem to have left that behind as a police the event, not a terrorist event. i really want you to try to enter as honestly as you can. you mentioned that obama's ratings were so high, even with unemployment falling apart, and he was at 53%. do your guests believe that it is the media -- if they were not so pro-obama and so for the administration -- that he would, in fact, have the ratings he has? i know it will be very hard, but i would like them to try to answer that. guest: i will be very honest. i do not think that person has ever read a word that i had written. i am not a shell for the administration. in fact, even some of my best friends do not know how i think about things, but i do point out liberal biases in the
host: mike on the phone from jacksonville, florida. caller: first i have a comment and then the question. i believe the defining moment -- of course -- for the country was 9/11. so many things changed across so many facets of our lives, and they continue to do so. i wish this administration could remember that, but they seem to have left that behind as a police the event, not a terrorist event. i really want you to try to enter as honestly as you can. you mentioned that obama's ratings were so...
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., mike who opposes the bill. caller: i'm a small-business owner. i have watched this whole thing. to me, the buying of boats and the back room deals, this is not what we signed up for. by temperament. that is represented by a congressman who went from being a republican to democrat. i do not want to see my kids and grandkids suffer for this. it has been a semi-honest about it. vote. i like the medicare thing. i don't have a problem with the public option. this is from a republican that owns a business. i have been pleased that i have to keep working and we are in the oil business. that is a tough business. host: majority leader harry reid is speaking from the senate floor. >> this place would not run as well without her working with the secretary of the minority and his entire group. they are wonderful people to work with even though sometimes this place becomes very partisan, the worked on lela davis is never partisan. finally, mr. president, i want to say a word about the people who work in the cloak rooms. they are the people who are unseen and instrumental to the operation of
., mike who opposes the bill. caller: i'm a small-business owner. i have watched this whole thing. to me, the buying of boats and the back room deals, this is not what we signed up for. by temperament. that is represented by a congressman who went from being a republican to democrat. i do not want to see my kids and grandkids suffer for this. it has been a semi-honest about it. vote. i like the medicare thing. i don't have a problem with the public option. this is from a republican that owns a...
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. >> mike gates? >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. government is in meeting benchmarks, we ourselves are in afghanistan for our own national security reasons. in that context, the prime efforts of the pakistani government, but how confidence is he that the civilian government in pakistan has got the power to shift the focus of its military and intelligence rather than its obsession with india? >> mr. speaker, my friend who is an expert is absolutely right to draw attention to the importance and to draw attention to the fact we are in afghanistan for national security reasons, because there is a terrorist threat to the people of our country. it is not enough for us to borders. it is important that we combat the terrorists at the source. i have spoken to the president of pakistan. i keep in touch with the opposition as well. i also talked to the military, as do other members of the government and our armed forces. we can be sure that the pakistani authorities are where they have to deal with the threat posed by the pakistan tell them bu
. >> mike gates? >> thank you, mr. deputy speaker. government is in meeting benchmarks, we ourselves are in afghanistan for our own national security reasons. in that context, the prime efforts of the pakistani government, but how confidence is he that the civilian government in pakistan has got the power to shift the focus of its military and intelligence rather than its obsession with india? >> mr. speaker, my friend who is an expert is absolutely right to draw attention to...
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captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> secretary of state clinton, robert gates, and mike mullen testified about afghanistan in two congressional hearings. at 9:00 a.m. eastern, the senate armed services committee and it 1:30 p.m., the house foreign affairs committee. you can watch both hearings live on c-span 3 and c- span.org. >> the 2010 studentcam contest is here. $30,000 in prizes with the top prize, $5,000. create a video on one of our country's greatest strengths or challenges the country is facing. it must incorporate cspan programming and the deadline is january 20. credit camera and get started go to studentscam.org. next on c-span, it is "washington journal," live with your phone calls which is followed by live coverage in the u.s. house. .
captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> secretary of state clinton, robert gates, and mike mullen testified about afghanistan in two congressional hearings. at 9:00 a.m. eastern, the senate armed services committee and it 1:30 p.m., the house foreign affairs committee. you can watch both hearings live on c-span 3 and c- span.org. >> the 2010 studentcam contest is here. $30,000 in prizes with the top prize, $5,000. create a video on one of our country's greatest...
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>> i do. >> all, mike goodes. i have obviously run into them on several occasions. you will not bias my questions and i will recuse myself. but in any that i hope you have the opportunity to visit this great state. i first of all want to thank mr. seibel for his ingenious and creativity, and i hope that our questions don't disregard that uniqueness of your efforts. but i'm going to try to be pointed in my questions, and particularly slightly which that deals with deals with the grafner case, and as i understand it, that case establishes liability for peer-to-peer copyright infringement that pertained to the unauthorized education and availability of music files. on the web. so it is a near decision, and professor, yes or no. is a narrowly drawn decision? >> yes. but it has implications beyond music. >> but it is a narrowly drawn decision. if we look at it pertains to music. of course, it can be used and cited in somewhat great but it will be up to the courts to interpret it more broadly. is that my understand? the copyright law does not distinguish between music and
>> i do. >> all, mike goodes. i have obviously run into them on several occasions. you will not bias my questions and i will recuse myself. but in any that i hope you have the opportunity to visit this great state. i first of all want to thank mr. seibel for his ingenious and creativity, and i hope that our questions don't disregard that uniqueness of your efforts. but i'm going to try to be pointed in my questions, and particularly slightly which that deals with deals with the...
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i also want to thank mike freeman, my present boss, he's the county attorney for his unwavering support in dna issues both now and for the 8 years that he was county attorney prior to senator klobuchar's election. dna testing has solved many cold cases in the united states. i had the good fortune to prosecute the first two in 1992 and '93. one was the rape/homicide of a recent college graduate, the second was a sexual assault of a young woman by a serial rapist. neither of those men, i'm happy to say, will ever be released from prison. these successes were not the result of anything special that i did, but rather the foresight of the minnesota state legislature which began funding the bureau of criminal apprehensions dna lab in the late 1980s. it's an excellent dna testing lab and a pioneer in dna testing practices. as a recent cbs news special documented, there are a large number of untested sexual assault kits and disparities between labs in their ability to process dna kits. while it should be remembered that this issue is not as severe as it might seem at first blush, many stranger
i also want to thank mike freeman, my present boss, he's the county attorney for his unwavering support in dna issues both now and for the 8 years that he was county attorney prior to senator klobuchar's election. dna testing has solved many cold cases in the united states. i had the good fortune to prosecute the first two in 1992 and '93. one was the rape/homicide of a recent college graduate, the second was a sexual assault of a young woman by a serial rapist. neither of those men, i'm happy...
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before we get to cynthia roberts i want to recognize donna christiansen from the virgin islands and mike honda, the chair of the kpac, caucasian pacific american caucus from california. thank you. cynthia? >> thank you, congressman scott, for including me in the panel of luminaries tackling the seemingly intractable achievement gap. my name is cynthia robbins. as a lawyer and activists committed to justice and education along with distinguished prof. of law dr. edgar cahn, i have added the justice initiative. if you remember nothing else of what i have to say today please remember that i came here to say yes we can. that slogan embraced by the campaign of president and nobel laureate barack obama:bayou s w founder cesar chavez, captures the essence of the legalegacy o promise. there are many examples of educators and families saying yes we can level the playing field. one example shows the movements core values of reciprocity and co-production at work. by offering our gifts and talents and receiving the fruits of our neighbors's labor we produce the type of community we want and need. th
before we get to cynthia roberts i want to recognize donna christiansen from the virgin islands and mike honda, the chair of the kpac, caucasian pacific american caucus from california. thank you. cynthia? >> thank you, congressman scott, for including me in the panel of luminaries tackling the seemingly intractable achievement gap. my name is cynthia robbins. as a lawyer and activists committed to justice and education along with distinguished prof. of law dr. edgar cahn, i have added...
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host: mike is calling on the independents' line. caller: good morning, how are you? host: we are well. what is your question or comment for the ambassadors? çcaller:ç all of this stems fm ignorance. in order to understand what is happening in the middle east and the world, you must understand who the united states and great britain is. we are two of lost tribes of israel. we must understand pick a perfect timeline. -- understand the prophetic timeline. we are in the last erupted for christ returns. -- era before christ returns. what you see in the middle east, giving away land for peace, everything is geared towards christ's second coming. there will be no peace in the middle east. things will get worse and worse. keep your mind on in germany, the vatican, and the european union, the king of the north. host: let us get a response. any comments? guest: no, i don't have any comments. host: kathy on the republicans' line. caller: thank you, ambassadors, for your time. i am and military spouse with a husband getting ready to deploy within the next month. i appreciate
host: mike is calling on the independents' line. caller: good morning, how are you? host: we are well. what is your question or comment for the ambassadors? çcaller:ç all of this stems fm ignorance. in order to understand what is happening in the middle east and the world, you must understand who the united states and great britain is. we are two of lost tribes of israel. we must understand pick a perfect timeline. -- understand the prophetic timeline. we are in the last erupted for christ...
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they've had -- >> could you pull your mike up a little higher, please? >> i'm a slow learner here. they have had a constitution since 2004. >> and did we make the same mistake in that one, to put sharia law into the constitution or not? >> the sharia law is not the dominant judicial system. >> that sounds like a double-talk to me. if it's in the constitution -- >> respect for islamic law is in the constitution. congressman, it is locally interpreted. >> locally understood? okay. corruption is something that a lot of people have been hitting on that theme. is there any -- is corruption inevitable, as long as we've got the massive poppy crops that are -- i have to say that carefully -- over in afghanistan? >> there's no question that the high level of poppy production and opium trade contributes to corruption. >> is it possible for us to deal with the corruption problem as long as there is that major dependence on that supply of income? >> it will be difficult, but there is progress that is being nad against narco trafficking. congressman, last year there was about a 20% reduction th
they've had -- >> could you pull your mike up a little higher, please? >> i'm a slow learner here. they have had a constitution since 2004. >> and did we make the same mistake in that one, to put sharia law into the constitution or not? >> the sharia law is not the dominant judicial system. >> that sounds like a double-talk to me. if it's in the constitution -- >> respect for islamic law is in the constitution. congressman, it is locally interpreted. >>...
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and i know were you working -- was mike hatch the attorney general? did you file the suit and similar things like this before? >> senator klobuchar, yes, i filed suit against member works which was the predecessor to virtue and u.s. bank corps. there was five suits filed including feet mortgage. -- fleet mortgage. we were going to go up the chain and hold people responsible at the financial institution level and we had some success but then this whole thing sort of died away and -- i'm giddy. i'm giddy that you're taking a look at this huge problem. >> do you think there's things that we can do -- i mean, what you would you suggest we would do -- the easiest thing to make the current laws and regulation sufficient to curb the abuses online? >> thank you, senator klobuchar. this really again has an actual easy solution which rarely is the case when you confront these problems. financial institutions and retailers shouldn't sell account numbers and access to accounts to third-party sellers, period. there's just no reason -- there's no legitimate commerc
and i know were you working -- was mike hatch the attorney general? did you file the suit and similar things like this before? >> senator klobuchar, yes, i filed suit against member works which was the predecessor to virtue and u.s. bank corps. there was five suits filed including feet mortgage. -- fleet mortgage. we were going to go up the chain and hold people responsible at the financial institution level and we had some success but then this whole thing sort of died away and -- i'm...
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i look forward today to hearing in more detail about those plans and like the chair and mike, i'm very pleased to see you here today and thank you for your attention to the panel. >> thank you mr. silvers superintendent neiman? >> good morning mr. secretary. yesterday morning our panel issued a report analyzeing theÑi overall effectiveness of t.a.r.p. in a comprehensive year end review. and while the report criticized several of t.a.r.p.'s shortcomings to date, it also gave a large share of credit to the treasury department and to congress and in my opinion to the fed and the fdic for the achievement of the primary objectives. t.a.r.p.'s primary objectives were to restore financial liquidity and this has largely been achieved as the report stated and i elaborated in my additional views. this this reflection is critically important so the american public can fully appreciate the depth of the crisis and how the treasury's multiprong response stabilize not only a financial sector but also avoided a dramatic worsening if not collapse in the real economy. but congress also charged treasury
i look forward today to hearing in more detail about those plans and like the chair and mike, i'm very pleased to see you here today and thank you for your attention to the panel. >> thank you mr. silvers superintendent neiman? >> good morning mr. secretary. yesterday morning our panel issued a report analyzeing theÑi overall effectiveness of t.a.r.p. in a comprehensive year end review. and while the report criticized several of t.a.r.p.'s shortcomings to date, it also gave a large...
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. >> good morning and the mike is working. monday after thanksgiving so we're a little slow in getting started this morning. thank you for your patience. i'm ted a senior fellow and deputy director for foreign policy here at the brookings institution. welcome. on behalf of the foreign policy program here to brookings. this morning's event is part of a series of joint research and periodic updates on developments in china. sponsored by the australian national university, the chinese academy of social sciences and the john l. -- china center here at brookings it is particularly timely in light of the high-level presidential level diplomacy taking place these days involving all three countries the abc countries we call them. president obama's recently returned from his first state visit to china. prime minister of australia is in washington today. to discuss preparations for the copenhagen meeting on climate change and both president obama and i believe premiere went jiabao are to travel next week to personally express their comm
. >> good morning and the mike is working. monday after thanksgiving so we're a little slow in getting started this morning. thank you for your patience. i'm ted a senior fellow and deputy director for foreign policy here at the brookings institution. welcome. on behalf of the foreign policy program here to brookings. this morning's event is part of a series of joint research and periodic updates on developments in china. sponsored by the australian national university, the chinese...
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one of the soldiers that was killed was from mike district and i think political correctness was very much in play there. changing tracks, i just throw the. i have just one minute left. i believe here firmly that on the ground human intelligence within various community, whether it's within the radical muslim community, whether it is within the radical act of terrorist troops whether with the radical animal protection groups, or the others that have been mentioned, i would like your comment on my belief that on the ground, human intelligence i think is going to be one of the best ways, if not the very best way, of preventing the radicalization to stop the process before it gets to a point of actually causing a terrorist act. so i just throw it out for the few seconds i have left. mr. macleod-ball? >> thank you. i think i disagree and agree in part with you. i don't think we can make -- be making decisions based on individual associations with groups, no matter how bad the reputation may be. however, if law-enforcement acting properly determines that there is -- that it has probable ca
one of the soldiers that was killed was from mike district and i think political correctness was very much in play there. changing tracks, i just throw the. i have just one minute left. i believe here firmly that on the ground human intelligence within various community, whether it's within the radical muslim community, whether it is within the radical act of terrorist troops whether with the radical animal protection groups, or the others that have been mentioned, i would like your comment on...
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admiral mike mu lynn. "washington journal" is live with segments on the white house job summit and future of the federal reserve and house is in senate at 10 eastern. today's bill include ascent the senate banking committee holds a hearing on the nomination of ben bernanke to continue as chairman of the federal reserve. live on 10 eastern onp span 3, c-span.org and c span radio. this week on q & a. our guest is malcolm glad well. writer for the new yorker magazine. he has currently four books top new york best sellers list. his newest book. what the dog saw is a compilation of stories for the new yorker magazine. q & a comes on, on sundays at 8 profit margins eastern. >> secretary of state hillary clinton and robert gates and joint chief's of staff told members of the senate armed õservices committee today the president's decision to send more troops to afghanistan is needed to prevent a taliban take over of the country. this hour and 15 minute portion includes opening statements and questions from senato
admiral mike mu lynn. "washington journal" is live with segments on the white house job summit and future of the federal reserve and house is in senate at 10 eastern. today's bill include ascent the senate banking committee holds a hearing on the nomination of ben bernanke to continue as chairman of the federal reserve. live on 10 eastern onp span 3, c-span.org and c span radio. this week on q & a. our guest is malcolm glad well. writer for the new yorker magazine. he has...
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i want to recognize donna christiansen, representing member of congress from the virgin islands and mike honda, who is a member of the congressional asian-pacific american caucus from california. thank you. cynthia? >> thank you, congressman scott. for including me among the panel of preliminaries participating in this summit to tackle the seemingly intractable achievement gap. my name isn't the robins and as a lawyer and activists committed to justice and education along with distinguished professor of law, i have been honored to co-founded the racial justice initiative. if you remember nothing else of what i have to say today, please remember that i came here to say, yes we can. that slogan embraced by the campaign of now president and nobel laureate barack obama coined by you f.w. founder cesar chavez, captures the essence of the american legacy of opportunity and progress. and the guides us as we tackle the achievement gap and other manifestations of structural racism. there are a myriad of examples across this country of educators, students, families, saying yes we can level the pla
i want to recognize donna christiansen, representing member of congress from the virgin islands and mike honda, who is a member of the congressional asian-pacific american caucus from california. thank you. cynthia? >> thank you, congressman scott. for including me among the panel of preliminaries participating in this summit to tackle the seemingly intractable achievement gap. my name isn't the robins and as a lawyer and activists committed to justice and education along with...
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mike umbilical cord was wrapped twice around my neck. my mother is pushing combined with my twisting and turning was killing me. i was being lynched and hanging myself. my face was the color of an electrical blue bruise. one more push or pull or twist and i was dead. my mother begged to understand what was happening. mom, she's and propping herself on her elbows, please, what is wrong asked rhonda? , what is it? my grandmother reached deep. shush, both of you let me think. outside of the bathroom eric stopped hollering. darnell stopped asking questions and my uncle roosevelt stopped pushing in a single license. all of eckert park and queens went silent. then and through the door burst the neighbor. an ambulance is on the way. am i odd rhonda looked over her shoulder. her allies demanded silence. jerry stopped in the middle of the living room. what's going on she said? her voice a fraction of its proceeding size. in the bathroom my grandma looked up at the ceiling. god, she whispered, jesus, somebody, please help me save this child. my gr
mike umbilical cord was wrapped twice around my neck. my mother is pushing combined with my twisting and turning was killing me. i was being lynched and hanging myself. my face was the color of an electrical blue bruise. one more push or pull or twist and i was dead. my mother begged to understand what was happening. mom, she's and propping herself on her elbows, please, what is wrong asked rhonda? , what is it? my grandmother reached deep. shush, both of you let me think. outside of the...
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. >> i'm mike mccarthy from new jersey. a democrat. i worked on senate warner's campaign in virginia. and i also took elections in voting behavior and i enjoyed it. >> which is a great class. [laughter] >> i'm jackie.@@@@@ @ @ @ rm i'm in this class because i heard great things about it. >> i'm from austria. i'm a grad student over at s.o.c. focusing on political publications. that's why i'm here. i'm a d. numbings american terms. >> i'm a gratton student in the public policy program and the last campaign i worked on was romney for president and taking this class, because i hope to make a career out of it. >> my name is michael weis. i'm a senior here at a.u. i'm a democratic. ay ei precinct captain in iowa city, but i'm from florida. so i've been all over the country campaigning, i guess. and i'm taking out this class to complete my a.u. political education. >> i'm joe and i'm from a small town in upstate new york. i'm a democrat. i have interned with a small consulting firm who raised money for jamie webb and senator chuck schumer an
. >> i'm mike mccarthy from new jersey. a democrat. i worked on senate warner's campaign in virginia. and i also took elections in voting behavior and i enjoyed it. >> which is a great class. [laughter] >> i'm jackie.@@@@@ @ @ @ rm i'm in this class because i heard great things about it. >> i'm from austria. i'm a grad student over at s.o.c. focusing on political publications. that's why i'm here. i'm a d. numbings american terms. >> i'm a gratton student in the...
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but it was mainly by air, and the only part that was terrestrial was on skis when i joined mike horn, the south african explorer, where we skied together for two days and camped out under, shared his tent with him, and we reached the south pole on skis. so that was the advent rouse part -- adventurous part of the trip. but -- oh, i can't remember the last part of the question. >> do you think more people should do it to get a sense of the environment? >> that's a double-edged sword. of course, if you know a place and you tend to want to protect it more and do more for it, but the other side of that is if too many people go there and this is coming under review by the different councils that take care of antarctica that there could be a quo that on the number of -- quota on the number of visitor there, especially those that come from the cruise ships. because there is an impact when you have too many people going along these shores at the same time. that is already impacting not only the, the usual routes where these ships go, but it obviously has an impact on the wildlife there. so yo
but it was mainly by air, and the only part that was terrestrial was on skis when i joined mike horn, the south african explorer, where we skied together for two days and camped out under, shared his tent with him, and we reached the south pole on skis. so that was the advent rouse part -- adventurous part of the trip. but -- oh, i can't remember the last part of the question. >> do you think more people should do it to get a sense of the environment? >> that's a double-edged sword....